Tag Archives: iphone 3.0

This is just a quick post, thanks to a tip from Patrick (which he got via Twitter) about another easy way to access the Redeem button on the iPhone. We told you about the iTunes app redeem button getting switched around, but  you can actually go into the App Store …

The voice memos app in 3.0 is pretty neat, but that’s all I thought it was when I first saw it: a cute little gimmick. Oh, what a fancy little microphone and recorder button. How quaint! But here’s something Apple didn’t really announce (okay, so I guess I just didn’t …

Boxcar, an iPhone app that provides push notifications for several Twitter apps, has been updated to version 1.1. This update adds support for Twitterfon, Twittelator, and Twinkle, as well as adds the ability to open direct messages in the Twitter application of your choice. This update now brings the number …

I recently came across a way to enable the Japanese emoji characters on a 3.0 iPhone for free, and all without jailbreaking. It seems there is an app, called Spell Number, that has a hidden feature that when you type a specific number into it, enables the emoji keyboard option …

After I posted the update to the Internet Tethering process last night, I came across a post on MacRumors where it’s being reported that the iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 2 has disabled the Internet Tethering capability for US AT&T customers. I have not yet personally verified this as I’ve not …

It appears that the process I mentioned in a previous blog post on how to enable tethering in iPhone OS 3.0 via a quick carrier settings file downloaded from a website is no longer able to be accomplished as the URL referenced to download the file is no longer valid. …

It’s been more than a month since Apple released the iPhone OS 3.0 update, which introduced push notifications. Push notifications allow an app to notify the user of a new message or other important information via sounds, badges, or alert messages. These push notifications are most useful for messaging apps …

When Apple announced that the iPhone OS 3.0 would fully support CalDAV with SSL, I was excited to see if this, combined with my Google account, could take over and serve my personal calendar and email needs, which have been provided by MobileMe from the day it launched last year. …

While the big news of the day, the announcement of opening up of iPhone SDK 3.0, is essentially and primarily news for developers of iPhone apps, it does satisfy end users with the mere promise of upcoming developments in iPhone software in the near future. Until summer 09 we are …